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For most people the last thing you want
to hear when you're on vacation is that

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sheriff's deputies are in route to your
house however if that deputy is Ray waters

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with the pick County sheriff's office then
you know driving by your house is just

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part of his daily routine of keeping your
property safe this is some marriages he

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does on a regular basis
deputy Waters is part of

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a crime prevention program that keeps watch
over homes that are temporarily vacant

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from families who are out on vacation or
out of town basically or they're going out

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of town for even if it's for
one night or a few nights or

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a week or two they can call our
agency had the sheriff's office at

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a three zero forty one forty one or
come by the courthouse and give us the

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information about the
residents want or says it's

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a mutually beneficial program that gives
property owners peace of mind while

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they're away and also allows law enforcement
to stay one step ahead of potential

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crime or merge and see situations well when
people call an order to come by let us

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know that they are out of town for
one we know where we need to spay

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a little extra attention to pay for Gallen
and to watch their property and their

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residents and to deter crime from happening
or even protect their property you know

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in case of fire or or some other means of
emergency services are needed if we go by

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there today to residents what maybe to catch
ahead of time or right as it occurs to

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help save property and possibly lots As
for criminals who think they can outsmart

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the system with

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a little reconnaissance deputies
purposefully randomize these home checks

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throughout the day often times with
multiple visits per day all in an effort to

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make would be thieves think twice before
assuming the house isn't watched these

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checks are conducted around the clock twenty
four seven and they're not done or in

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any one Sir Tom and they may
be done multiple times. Within

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a certain timeframe it just it varies and
it's kind of left to the deputy to to

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carry out that task and. And by shorter
residents this safe and secure hiding out

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and waiting for deputies to drive past
isn't much of an option either the home

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checks they perform are
much more thorough than

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a simple drive by the way or getting out
of the car walking around the house and

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physically looking at stuff and hands on
check in doors and. And looking for any

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potential problems deputy Waters does say
however that despite their efforts the

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safety of your home should not be completely
left to the sheriff's office he says

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it's also important to bring family and
friends into the partnership but one

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important thing to us we
need it prefer we have

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a key order someone who is
locally here in town that had

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a case of emergency that would call and get
information from or even possibly come

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out

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a house to let us check the house if we
need to and even though you hope you never

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need the help of law enforcement while the
way it's emergency situations like those

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mentioned that make you
glad they are there.